Elina, who was struggling in 2011 to provide for herself and her son, is now back at school: her relatives help with childcare. Ndaziona, a 15 year old frightened at the prospect of giving birth, now has a healthy baby son although she still lacks the confidence to return to school. Nabena wants to go back to school next year and is a member of a support group that is helping her reintegrate into the community.

All three girls want to share their stories and want other girls, their families and communities to understand the heavy emotional and physical pressures of child motherhood. The film is a powerful demonstration of this – but the stories of the girls today also shows there is hope. "When we help children go to school we interrupt the vicious circle of poverty," says Angeline Murimirwa, Executive Director for Camfed Zimbabwe and Camfed Malawi. "This way, communities see what can become of their daughters when given a chance."

When I was eight months pregnant my husband ran away and never came back. I faced a lot of challenges trying to survive and even feed myself and the baby. I realised if I was educated I would not be in that situation. So I came back to school to solve that for myself.

Catherine - a mother at 15. Catherine is one of several child mothers that Camfed is supporting to return to school.

Malawi - context

Camfed works to educate girls in Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

We encounter child marriage and early pregnancy in all the areas in which we work. In Malawi, the issue is particularly pressing: Unicef estimates that 50 percent of girls in the country are married by the age of 18. At six children per woman, Malawi has one of the highest fertility rates in the world and there is a direct link between education levels, birth rates, early marriage and maternal mortality.

I am 7 months pregnant. My body has aches and pains - when I think about it I become upset and angry.

Ndaziona, 15

Getting more girls into school is key. Here are some of the challenges:

An acute lack of secondary school places

There are 5,395 primary schools in Malawi and only 1,041 secondary schools. Of the 40 percent of students who completed primary school in 2008, only 8 percent progressed to secondary school.

Distance

Schools are often a long distance from children's homes, leaving girls in particular vulnerable to abuse during travel to and from school or in often unsupervised accommodation.

Lack of teachers

In rural areas, there were only 1,156 female teachers in 2009/10, compared to 6,522 male teachers. Young girls need role models to encourage them to stay in and complete school.

What is Camfed doing?

Camfed offers a well-tested, replicable and scalable model for getting significantly higher numbers of girls into school, and ensuring they complete their education.

We provide girls with comprehensive bursaries that meet all of their school-going costs, from school fees to uniforms to room and board, as well as psychosocial support to address problems that threaten to disrupt their education. This is key to tackling child marriage.